Thola i AppIsifundiso se-Lent: UkubuyiselaIsampula
Ukubuyisela: Umlotha nemiqhele
“...ukubathwesa umqhele wobuhle esikhundleni somlotha, amafutha enjabulo esikhundleni sokulila, nengubo yokudumisa esikhundleni somoya wokuphelelwa ithemba. (U-Isaya 61:3)
Ngangineminyaka engu-16 ubudala lapho ngiqala ukufunda ukuthi ukuphuka kusho ukuthini. Ubaba wangibizela eceleni ngolunye usuku ngemva kokuphuma kwesikole wangitshela ukuthi uyawushiya umndeni wakithi. Ngaleso sikhathi, kwaba sengathi umhlaba wonke uyaphuka.
Uma ngibheka emhlabeni wonke namuhla, kungase kuzwakale sengathi ukuwohloka kugcwele yonke indawo - kohulumeni bethu, emiphakathini yethu, ezinhliziyweni zethu, yebo, ngisho nasebandleni.
Kodwa ukuphuka akusona isiphetho. Izulu lonke livunguza kwisigqi sethemba – ithemba eliphuma kuNkulunkulu othi, “Ngizowuthatha lowo mlotha ngiwuphendule umqhele omuhle kunawo wonke owake wawubona.”
Yimuphi umlotha okhona empilweni yakho? Zinike isikhashana uwubambe engqondweni yakho, bese uzinikela ngokugcwele kuNkulunkulu, ubuyisele ithemba lakho kuye: umbuyiseli.
Baba Mninimandla onke nonothando,
Ngiyabonga ngokuthi unguNkulunkulu weziqalo ezintsha.
Sicela ukuba khona kwakho kube nathi njengoba siqala inkathi yeLente.
Ngicela uNkulunkulu uthathe umlotha ongaphakathi naseduze kwethu
uyiguqule ibe yimiqhele yobuhle ngokubuyisa uthando lwakho
Egameni likaJesu siyakhuleka,
Ameni.
UGideon Heugh, Tearfund
UmBhalo
Mayelana naloluHlelo
Lolu cwaningo, olulethwe kuwe yi-Tearfund, luhamba phakathi nenkathi yeLent, futhi luzokukhuthaza ukuba uchithe isikhathi ucwiliswe ebuhleni bukaNkulunkulu. Funda futhi ucabange ngezindlela ongadlulisela ngazo uthando Lwakhe olubuyiselayo kuyo yonke impilo yakho.
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